La Jaula De Oro Sparknotes

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La Jaula de Oro, or The Golden Dream, is about 3 Guatemalan citizens who are attempting to immigrate to the US. It begins with Juan, Sara, and Samuel in Guatemala. Sara binds her chest and cuts of her hair in an attempt to prevent being picked out as a woman later on. She also takes a birth control pill, which I assume was to protect her in case she was assaulted. Throughout their journey, and many different train rides, they meet an indigenous kid named Chauk who tags along. Police in Mexico find the kids and harass them, take all of their belongings, and then deport them back to Guatemala. Samuel decides to stay behind after they were deported from Mexico. Juan and Sara are in a relationship; however, it is strained with Sara's new interest …show more content…

Eventually, they get on another train. This train gets stopped by bad people with guns. Everyone is told to line up and they pick out the women and put them in a truck. When one of the men looks closely at Sara, he realizes that she is a girl and then molests her. Chauk and Juan attempt to save her but get brutally beaten and left behind. This is the last that Sara is seen in the movie. When Chauk and Juan finally wake up, they can't find Sara but continue on their journey to Los Angeles. They get on another train and meet a boy who tells them that $100 isn't enough to get across the border and that his cousin would let them work. Many people from the train listen and follow him- but it was a trap. Juan and Chauk end up being held at gunpoint and are only let go because Juan made a selfless decision and gave up his money. They finally make it to the border and are used as drug smugglers to get to the other side. Once on the other side, Chauk and Juan are just walking through deserts and mountains but there was a sniper that began shooting at Juan and Chauk- Chauk died. Finally, Juan makes it to L.A. and works in a meat processing factory as a

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